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Mortda - 30 Nov 2005 17:36 GMT

I was considering buying a M1GB Xd Card for my S5500, which is compatible
according to the FujiFilm Site but is not recommended for movie (video).
Does anyone know what the issue is with this card in relation to using
it for movie or has anyone used one for such and if so what were the
result of doing so.

TIA Mort

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Dan Wojciechowski - 30 Nov 2005 18:02 GMT

> I was considering buying a M1GB Xd Card for my S5500, which is compatible
> according to the FujiFilm Site but is not recommended for movie (video).
> Does anyone know what the issue is with this card in relation to using
> it for movie or has anyone used one for such and if so what were the
> result of doing so.

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Mortda:

I don't *know* the answer, but the most likely explanation is that the card
may be a little slow for taking video. If that is indeed the case, then you'll
likely see "skips" when frames get dropped from the video because the
card is busy and the camera's internal buffer is full.

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ASAAR - 30 Nov 2005 20:32 GMT

> I don't *know* the answer, but the most likely explanation is that the card
> may be a little slow for taking video. If that is indeed the case, then you'll
> likely see "skips" when frames get dropped from the video because the
> card is busy and the camera's internal buffer is full.

I forgot about cameras that "skip". I do know (from reviews) that
when some cameras take videos with slow cards, when the buffer
overflows they don't just skip. With those cameras the video stops,
resulting in a very short maximum clip length, measured in seconds.
If there were any skips in the videos I took with the S5100, they
were undetectable, either in the video or the sound, and this was
using the high resolution (640x480), 30 fps video mode.

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ASAAR - 30 Nov 2005 19:49 GMT

Is it not recommended or simply not listed? Maybe it's a
relatively slow xD card? if so, it will only allow very short video
clips, even if the camera would otherwise allow much longer clips,
usually limited by the smaller of available card space or 1GB clip
length. Does Fuji specify the Write speeds of their cards on their
web site? For what it's worth, my S5100 (the USA designation of
your S5500) has no problem creating long videos with either a
"FUJIFILM xD xD Picture Card 512MB" (without the "M" designation)
or an "OLYMPUS xD xD Picture Card M 1GB" (with the "M"
designation). It may be that there is no problem using the Fuji M
1GB card for video, but it simply wasn't tested, since when the
S5500 was introduced a year ago, 1 GB xD cards weren't available,
and the Fuji manual only shows cards up to 512MB in its various
spec's and tables. You might want to find the newer S5200/S5600
manual (or download one) to see what it says about video playing
time for different card sizes.

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